Alan Wake Cheats
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Nightmare Mode
Beat the game on any difficulty to unlock Nightmare Mode. This mode makes combat much more difficult and adds 16 Manuscript Pages to collect.
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Avatar Award: Jacket and Scarf - Female
Play the Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc.
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Avatar Award: Jacket and Scarf - Male
Play the Limited Collector's Edition Bonus Disc.
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Departure
Complete the game on Normal difficulty
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Gate Keeper
Cut the power to the transformer yard
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Heavy Metal
Survive the Bulldozer attack
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Park Ranger
Enjoy the sounds and sights of Elderwood National Park
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Taken Season
Defeat 50 Taken with the hunting rifle
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The Lady of the Light
Discover the secret she guards
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Back! Back, I Say!
Save yourself with a flare
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Boob Tube
See what's on TV
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Energized!
Use 100 batteries
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Iron Horse
Encounter a steam engine
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Let there be Light
Get a generator running
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Meet the Deadline
In "Mirror Peak", make it from the Coal Mine Museum to Cauldron Lake in 30 minutes
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Alan, Wake Up
Complete the game on Nightmare difficulty
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An Idyllic Small Town
Make it through "Night Life in Bright Falls" without dying or restarting even once
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Finders Keepers
Discover 5 hidden chests
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It's not just a Typewriter Brand
Defeat 50 Taken with a shotgun
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Tornado Wrangler
Defeat the Tornado
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Carny
Knock over five can pyramids
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Collateral Carnage
Defeat 20 Taken with indirect means
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Collector's Edition
Find all of the manuscript pages, including the ones in Nightmare mode
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Gunless Wonder
Make it to Cauldron Lake without firing a single shot in "On the Road to Cauldron Lake"
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Right of Way
Drive over 15 Taken
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They're heeeeeere!
Inanimate objects shouldn't move of their own accord. Put a stop to this affront, oh, say, 20 times
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Thunder and Lightning
Defeat 50 Taken with flashbang grenades
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Under a Thin Layer of Skin
Defy the park ranger
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Perchance to Dream
Take a moment to reflect on past events
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Sound and Fury
Kill four Taken with a single flashbang
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Couch Potato
Watch every single TV show
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Hypercaffeinated
Discover all coffee thermoses
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KBF-FM
Listen to all of the radio shows
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Paging Mr. Wake
Find 25 manuscript pages
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Picking Up After Yourself
Find all the manuscript pages in Normal mode
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What Light Through Yonder Window
Defeat 50 Taken with the flaregun, the way Shakespeare intended
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Wheels Within Wheels
Meet the kidnapper
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Bright Falls Aficionado
Absorb every bit of local history and culture
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Bright Falls Finest
Call for help
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Come One, Come All
Kill four Taken with a single shot from the flare gun
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Damn Good Cup of Coffee
Discover 25 coffee thermoses
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Drink 'Em Both Up
Put de Lime in de coconut twice
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Float Like a Butterfly
Perform a cinematic dodge
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Two for the Price of One
Kill two Taken with a single shotgun blast
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Child of the Elder God
Have a Rock'n'Roll moment without dropping to a low health state
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Every Nook and Cranny
Discover all of the hidden chests
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Follow The Light
Take a night course of light education
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Hardboiled Writer
Complete the game on Hard difficulty
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If it Flies, it Burns
Burn 1,000 birds
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Medical Opinions
Listen to Hartman's Recordings
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Missed by a Mile
Perform a cinematic dodge 20 times
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Nordic Walking
Take a walk through the logging area, meet one of the quirky locals
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The Six-Gun Scribe
Defeat 100 Taken with the revolver
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Cardboard Companions (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Discover all of the cardboard standees.
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Words Will Never Harm You (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Trigger all of the furnaces in the basement.
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License Revoked (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Complete the episode without using a single vehicle.
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Run-On Sentence (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Complete the episode without reloading the game or restarting a checkpoint.
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A Friend in Need (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Find someone to help you.
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Tick Tock (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Discover 10 hidden alarm clocks.
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Fast and Furious (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Make it through the final battle in less than 1 minute and 30 seconds.
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A Friend Indeed (The Signal DLC required)
Special 1: Follow the signal to its conclusion.
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No Punctuation (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Complete the episode without reloading the game or restarting a checkpoint.
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Kill Your Darlings (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Defeat the final obstacle between you and your goal.
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Iron Will (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Survive the final encounter without being seriously hurt.
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Licensed Properties (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Discover 10 Night Springs video games.
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Go Gentle Into That Good Light (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Make it through the approach to the lighthouse without firing a weapon.
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Heartbreaker (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Have some poison poured in your ear.
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Whirlwind (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Make your way past the tornado in under 60 seconds.
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Creative Space (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Discover the secret area.
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Ding! (The Writer DLC required)
Special 2: Complete the elevator ride.
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Easter Egg: Xbox 360
At the start of Chapter 4, when you are asked to go back to your room by the Doctor, search the room across the hall from your door. An Xbox 360 is hooked up here with a game you may recognize.
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Camera Position
Your character, Alan Wake, sometimes lingers in the center of the screen despite you clicking on the movement stick (L3 or R3). To move him to the side of the playfield, press the viewing stick all the way left or right until Wake rotates completely once. This should push his body to one side and you can see what the hell is in front of you.
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Chest Locations
Episode 1 Chest 1 - After exiting the bungalow at lumber yard, locate the logging truck in the yard; turn right at its end to a dead ened with supplies chest. Chest 2 - Navigate through the river to the lumber collection yard; upon entering this zone, to the left are holo-markers and a ladder up a stack of logs to a bungalow with the...
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Sign Locations
Episode 1 Sign 1 - In the gas station past the upper lumber yard. Flyer about the Deerfest on the liquor store's endcap. Episode 2 Sign 2 - Wanted Posters (both) in the police station hallway Sign 3 - Mastodon skeleton in the visitor's center/cabin (after Barry picks up Wake). Sign 4 - Moonshine cave (inside) near Lover's Peak. There is also a...
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Can Pyramid Locations
Episode 1 Pyramid 1 - Near the revolver tutorial box. Pyramid 2 - In the lumber collection yard (cutting grove), reach the upper level, then check the top of the broken stairs. Episode 2 Pyramid 3 - In the bear trap forest, locate the edge of the cliff with script 26. Cans are on a barrel nearby. Pyramid 4 - Drive on the road from the...
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Item Maximum
Just in case you are wondering about how much stuff you can carry: Batteries x20 Revolver rounds x42 Shotgun shells (both versions) x32 Rifle rounds x25 Flaregun ammo x12 Flares and Flashbangs x20 (each)
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Radio Locations
Episode 1 Radio 1 - Cabin's back porch leading to the lakefront. Radio 2 - In the lumber collection yard (cutting grove), reach the upper level, then check inside the shack near the lightpole for the radio. Episode 2 Radio 3 - Police station backlot's shipping dock. Radio 4 - Check inside the second cabin on the trail, Lover's Peak hike (when...
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Thermos Locations
Episode 1 Thermos 1 - Collapsed bridge before meeting the hatchet Taken. Thermos 2 - Bunker where you get the flaregun. Thermos 3 - In the diner where you try to locate Carl Stucky. Thermos 4 - Parking vista at the cabin, where the Wakes' car is parked (backtrack). Thermos 5 - Inside the cabin. Check the kitchen. Thermos 6 - Lumber yard, near...
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TV Locations
Episode 1 TV 1 - Upper logging area of the lumber yard; the security gate shack with the (second) shotgun. TV 2 - In the gas station, heading into the interior for the phone. This item is automatically retrieved. Episode 2 TV 3 - Police station cellblock. On the way back from picking up Alice's personal effects. This is collected...
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Manuscript Locations
Episode 1 Script 1 - Automatically retrieved when Wake approaches the lumber yard. Script 2 - A second page is assigned free of charge, since the game will want to rip you a new one in about five seconds. Script 3 - Lumber yard, near the thermos by the pick-up (#5 currently) Script 4 - Lumber yard after the bulldozer cut-scene (and Wake is...
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Easter Egg: Microsoft Tag
In Episode 4 there is a modern art painting on the top floor of the lodge. It is actually a tag. Take your smartphone, aim it at the tag on your screen and use Microsoft Tag to read it.
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Alan Wake Sales Reach 2M
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Remedy Not Finished With Alan Wake
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Alan Wake PC Release Date Announced
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New Alan Wake Game Confirmed For LIVE
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New Alan Wake Coming
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Look Back At The Year in Action Games
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Alan Wake Hits Xbox On Demand Nov. 23
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The Videogame Deathmatch Has Begun!
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Alan Wake The Writer DLC Dated
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"The Writer" Is The Last Alan Wake DLC


